Web3 Gaming's Future: TikTok's Parent Company Explores On-Chain Possibilities — Knight Weekly

🎮Welcome to Knight Weekly, your essential digest for the latest in Web3 gaming. This week, we cover the parent company of TikTok ventures into on-chain possibilities, promising new dimensions for gaming enthusiasts. Meanwhile, Galaxis secures a substantial $10 million investment to foster community empowerment within the NFT space. Anomaly sets a new standard with AI-powered gaming on Arbitrum, pushing boundaries in immersive gaming experiences. Seeds Labs, the developer behind Bladerite Game, secures $12 million in funding, showcasing the growing interest in blockchain gaming. E-PAL introduces an innovative platform, marking its entrance into the Web3 gaming sphere. Plus, Fantasy.top emerges as the most traded NFT collection, underscoring the vibrant ecosystem surrounding NFT gaming. Stay ahead with Knight Weekly. ⚔️🌟

🚀 This Week's Headlines! 🎮✨

• TikTok parent company explores on-chain possibilities for Web3 gaming

• Galaxis Raises $10 Million to Expand NFT Community Empowerment

• Anomaly Launches AI-Powered Gaming on Arbitrum

• Bladerite Game Developer Seeds Labs Raises $12 Million

• E-PAL Enters Web3 Gaming with Innovative Platform

• NFT Game Fantasy.top Becomes the Most Traded Collection

TikTok parent company explores on-chain possibilities for Web3 gaming

BytePlus — the enterprise technology arm of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company — has announced a move into Web3 through a strategic partnership with Mysten Labs, the developers behind the Sui layer-1 blockchain. In a statement on April 17, BytePlus explained how it plans to use its existing knowledge and experience in data warehousing to empower the Sui ecosystem, with a particular focus on Web3 gaming and SocialFi projects. The partnership will see BytePlus integrate its cutting-edge solutions, including ByteHouse — a cloud-native data warehouse — with Sui’s full-node data. According to the announcement, a BytePlus integration could potentially boost Sui’s analytics capabilities by enabling infinite scalability and real-time data processing. Mysten Labs will benefit from the high-performance, low-maintenance nature of ByteHouse, which could ultimately accelerate data delivery for users on the Sui network.

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Anomaly Launches AI-Powered Gaming on Arbitrum

Canada-based web3 and AI gaming startup Anomaly has launched its AI-driven gaming platform Andromeda testnet, powered by Arbitrum Orbit. Aiming to help developers connect with their community and monetize their projects more efficiently, Anomaly is a gaming and SocialFi L3 blockchain leveraging social platforms such as Telegram, Discord, Farcaster and X. This allows developers to focus on creating blockchain-based gaming experiences while the platform onboards the community to their games. Two games, Dicestone and Wildstone, are currently using the app chain, with more titles to be added regularly. Anomaly also leverages AI to drive user engagement, by integrating its Sentience SDK, a feature that enables AI-driven matchmaking, decision-making, player model training, automated quest creation, and web3 asset generation.

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E-PAL Enters Web3 Gaming with Innovative Platform

LA, California: E-PAL, the top gaming ecosystem platform in the world, has officially announced its entry into Web3 gaming. Headquartered in LA, California, E-PAL is the leading social network where gamers pay for skills and interest-related matching with skilled E-Pals. With the aim to transform the Web3 gaming framework, E-PAL brings numerous innovations, such as an all-inclusive gaming ecosystem podium and a gaming chain. Being one of the most innovative gaming platforms, E-PAL will combine the customized AI gaming elements, which offers a smarter and more convenient gaming experience to the users.Founded in 2020, E-PAL has experienced significant growth in the gaming industry with five million users downloading the E-PAL app. Such a huge number of downloads reflects E-PAL’s increasing user base, growing market penetration and widening reach among gamers. It has turned out to be the world's foremost game companion platform in only four years, winning more than 2.4 million users, 300,000 companions and associating with 200 leading games.

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 Knight Of The Week

BORGET Sebastien

Meet BORGET Sebastien Entrepreneur, with over 14 years of experience in startup growth. With a remarkable 4-year tenure in blockchain and a solid 11 years in mobile gaming, Sébastien brings a wealth of expertise to the table. His journey spans across various startups, where he served as an advisor, contributing to their diverse business models. As the Co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, Sébastien spearheads a groundbreaking virtual world, empowering players to construct, possess, and monetize their gaming ventures through NFTs and SAND, the platform's primary utility token. Moreover, Sébastien assumed the role of President at the Blockchain Game Alliance in 2020, leading a non-profit organization comprising 250 industry stalwarts. His impact on the crypto sphere has been recognized, earning him a spot among CoinTelegraph's Top #100 most influential people in crypto. Educated at Telecom SudParis, a renowned institution for engineering in Information and Communication Technology, Sébastien holds a Computer Science Engineer Degree, further solidifying his credentials as a trailblazer in the tech world.

🎮 Game Of The Week

This Week We Spotlight Manor Lords

About Game:

Manor Lords is a medieval city-builder and real-time tactics video game developed by Greg Styczeń from Slavic Magic and published by Hooded Horse. The most anticipated game on Steam upon release, with over three million wishlists, it released into early access on 26 April 2024.

🎙️Conversation of the Week

Listen to This discussion on 𝕏 spaces, we delved into whether AI was merely a buzzword in crypto or if there was more beneath the surface. We explored various projects, utilities, and narratives driving the AI blockchain movement.

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• Indie Fun Fact:

  "Bastion" sets itself apart with a dynamic narrator who adapts to the player's actions, offering a uniquely personalized storytelling experience.

• Web3 Fun Fact:

  "Decentraland" made history with the largest virtual property deal, recorded at $80,663, securing a place in the Guinness World Records.

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